English → Latin
“dilapidate” in Latin
collāborto collapse, fall inprōlāborto glide, slide, slip forward; to collapse, decay, sink, decline, go to ruindissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruinpatrimōniumthe estate or assets that are passed from father to son, patrimony
The English word dilapidate itself goes back to Latin lapis, through dilapidō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dilapidate
INTR. Go to ruin; fall by decay, collabi: prolabi :aetate prolabi: ruinam minari: in ruinam pronum esse.
TR. Cause or suffer to go to ruin, non sarcire: sartum non servare (not to keep in repair). [☞ Dilapidare, PROP. only Coll.; grandine dilapidans hominumque bovumque labores.] Not dilapidated, sartus integerque relictus (Cic.).
FIG. To squander, dissipare (e.g., rem familiarem, patrimonium, Cic.; avitas opes, Tac.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) disperdere et dissipare [☞ dilapidare, very rare; triginta minas, Ter.; facilitates paternae substantiae, Firmic., Math., 6, 10].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dilapidate?
- The usual Latin words for “dilapidate” are collābor, prōlābor, dissipō; also patrimōnium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.